
Richard Bos wrote:
Ah another possibility. I though of using the suse-9.0 gcc-3.3.1 rpms on suse-8.2 or the other way around the suse-8.2 3.3 rpm on suse-9.0 May that any side effects?
Possibly. The two versions depend on different libraries and so you would have to update those also on SuSE 8.2. I don't know if the 3.3 RPMs would work on 9.0, but rpm will surely complain about replacing a newer package. I installed the RPMS on 8.2 from http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/gcc/8.2/ which is closer to you than it is to me and is a lot faster than ftp.suse.com. These RPMs came out just before SuSE 9.0 was released. I have had no problems with them. -- JDL Non enim propter gloriam, diuicias aut honores pugnamus set propter libertatem solummodo quam Nemo bonus nisi simul cum vita amittit.